每天三分钟学英语 第238期:如何用英文"尬聊"

 　　Lynette: I think I can top that. Try getting thrown out of Disneyland¹ for lewd² behavior.

　　我觉得我可以超过你。试过因为粗俗举动被赶出迪士尼乐园吗？

　　知识点笔记：

　　An awkward³ situation

　　一个尴尬的情况/局面

　　【例句】

　　Last night Debbie and Frank⁴ were swearing⁵ at each other in front of everyone. It was quite an awkward situation.

　　昨晚Debbie和Frank在大家面前对骂，当时真的好尴尬。

　　Something is awkward

　　某事好尴尬

　　【例句】

　　I don't know what to say to him after he told me he loved me. It's awkward.

　　他对我说他爱我之后，我不知道该说什么。好尴尬。

　　Something gets awkward

　　某事变得尴尬

　　【例句】

　　Look, it's getting kind of awkward talking about money. Can we talk about something else?

　　谈钱就变得有点尴尬，我们能谈点别的吗？

　　Make something awkward

　　让某事变得尴尬

　　【例句一】

　　Don't bring up the fact that he owes⁶ you money. That will only make things awkward.

　　不要提他欠你钱的事，只会让事情变得尴尬。

　　【例句二】

　　Reed⁷ wouldn't throw in any money for dinner last night even when we asked him. He made it really awkward.

　　昨晚Reed就是不肯付晚餐的钱，甚至我们都跟他要了他都不肯，弄得好尴尬。

　　Break the ice

　　打破尴尬，破冰

　　【例句一】

　　You know what would break the ice? I just heard a really funny joke.

　　你知道什么能让气氛不那么尴尬吗？我刚听到一个好玩的笑话。

　　【例句二】

　　Thankfully Liz broke the ice by bringing out a game that was actually really fun.

　　谢天谢地啊Liz带来了一个好玩的游戏打破了尴尬，游戏真的很好玩。

　　Well, this is awkward.

　　恩，这好尴尬。

　　【例句】

　　Did you just try to hold my hand just now? Well, that was awkward. By the way, I'm not interested. Haha.

　　你刚才是不是试图牵我的手？这好尴尬啊。好吧，我不感兴趣。哈哈。

　　So…?

　　那么…?

　　【例句】

　　A: I heard Jerry likes to wear women's clothing.

　　我听说Jerry喜欢穿女人的衣服。

　　B: So, the movie you were talking about earlier, is it good?

　　(⊙o⊙)…你说的那个电影，好看吗？

　　Let's change the subject.

　　我们换个话题吧。

　　【例句】

　　I don't want to talk about my ex. Let's change the subject. So, how's the new job going?

　　我不想谈论我前任，咱们换个话题吧。那么，新工作怎么样？

　　Let's talk about something else

　　我们换个话题吧。

　　I should get going.

　　我该走了。

　　【例句】

　　You know, Karen and I have work early tomorrow. We should get going.

　　Karen和我明早还要工作呢，我们该走了。

　　Look at the time

　　看时间

　　【例句】

　　Look at the time, I don't want to miss the last train. I'll call you later.

　　看时间，我不想错过最后一趟地铁。我晚会打给你。

1 Disneyland   

n.迪斯尼乐园

参考例句：

• Excuse me, is this the right way to Disneyland?劳驾，这是去迪斯尼乐园的路吗？
• Can you tell me something about Disneyland?请您给我讲迪斯尼乐园的情况好吗？

2 lewd   

adj.淫荡的

参考例句：

• Drew spends all day eyeing up the women and making lewd comments.德鲁整天就盯着女人看，说些下流话。
• I'm not that mean,despicable,cowardly,lewd creature that horrible little man sees. 我可不是那个令人恶心的小人所见到的下流、可耻、懦弱、淫秽的家伙。

3 awkward   

adj.笨拙的，尴尬的，使用不便的，难处理的

参考例句：

• John is so shy and awkward that everyone notices him.约翰如此害羞狼狈，以至于大家都注意到了他。
• I was the only man among the guests and felt rather awkward.作为客人中的唯一男性，我有些窘迫。

4 frank   

adj.坦白的，直率的，真诚的

参考例句：

• A frank discussion can help to clear the air.坦率的谈论有助于消除隔阂。
• She is frank and outgoing.她很爽朗。

5 swearing   

v.诅咒，咒骂( swear的现在分词 )；（使某人）就…宣誓；郑重承诺；发誓要

参考例句：

• I was shocked at the swearing. 我听到这脏话很震惊。
• the swearing-in of the new President 新总统的宣誓就职

6 owes   

v.亏欠，负债，感恩；感激( owe的第三人称单数 )；应把…归功于；欠…债；（对位高权重者）忠诚

参考例句：

• He owes a lot of money to Mr. Smith. 他欠史密斯先生许多钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The city's success owes much to its geographic position. 这座城市的成功很大程度上归功于它的地理位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 reed   

n.芦苇，芦丛，簧舌，簧片

参考例句：

• The river banks were overgrown with reed.河岸长满了芦苇。
• They inhabit reed huts built on stilts above the water.他们住在建于水中木桩之上的芦苇草屋里。